Farina Gruel
Ingredients
Directions
Cook the porridge
Boil 1 pint of water, milk, or broth.
Drop in 4 tablespoons of Farina, stirring well.
Let it cook slowly for 25 minutes.
Finish
Sweeten or season to taste.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Farina
- Its starch swells and thickens the hot liquid into a smooth porridge as it cooks.
- Water, milk, or broth
- Provides the liquid that hydrates the farina and gives the porridge its moisture and flavour.
The step that matters
Drop in the farina while stirring well. Adding farina to hot liquid while stirring separates the granules so they hydrate evenly. Without stirring, they clump into lumps that stay dry inside.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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